Rajesh Jain

About Rajesh Jain

Rajesh Jain is Managing Director of Mumbai-based Netcore Solutions Pvt Ltd, conceptualized in 1998 with the aim of offering affordable software solutions to Indian companies.

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Rajesh launched IndiaWorld, the largest collection of India-centric websites in 1995 (Samachar.com, Khel.com, Khoj.com etc), which he sold to Satyam Infoway, in November 1999, in one of Asia's biggest Internet acquisitions.

Rajesh Jain attended St. Xavier's College from 1982 to 1984. Among his classmates were Narendra Shenoy and Nikhil Meswani.

Rajesh Jain graduated in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in 1988, and obtained his Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University, New York in 1989. He worked at NYNEX Science and Technology for 2 years before returning to India in 1991. He founded Ravi Database, a consulting and image-processing company for medical and metallurgical needs, the following year, before plunging into the IndiaWorld venture.

Rajesh is currently building on his concept of the ‘Emergic Ecosystem’, a low cost innovation in computing.

Companies Rajesh co-founded/board member in:

* [http://www.novatium.com] Novatium, IT product development & solutions company
* Rajshri Media, A broadband and mobile content company.
* n-Logue, Provider of internet and voice services in rural areas & small towns.
* Midas Communications Technologies, a wireless broadband technology company.
* SEraja Technologies Pvt. Ltd"

Quotes

1. “ This industry is going to see a lot of investment from various sources -- private equity, venture capitalists, the public. ”

   In India's Entertainment Industry Faces a 'C' Change: Consolidation ...

2. “ The new media is still evolving, but given the large amount of private equity, corporatization is only a matter of time. ”

   In India's Entertainment Industry Faces a 'C' Change: Consolidation ...

1. Mentioned In 33 Articles

2. Airtel Plays Big Bad Operator - Blocks Mytoday’s Service

   WATBlog.com (Nov 20 2008) Telecom Explore Article

   ...iven that telecom operators are known to play big daddy with services they dont like. In this case Rajesh Jain has come out in the open about a issue with Airtel wherein Airtel has blocked Mytoday’s sms servi... (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Rajesh Jain   Airtel

3. Airtel Blocks MyToday Again; This Time, It’s The Do Not Call Registry

   MediaNama.com (Nov 19 2008) Explore Article

   ...rvice provider who sends a push SMS to consumers. Airtel has blocked MyToday SMS, writes Netcore MD Rajesh Jain, citing complaints made by MyToday subscribers to Airtel about unsolicited [...] How this issue is ... (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Google   House   Rajesh Jain

4. Cleantech - key to India’s future

   Indian startups (Nov 16 2008) Explore Article

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   A few weeks back, Rajesh Jain wrote a small post on why India needs a CTO & CEO.  The post struck a chord and got me thinking re... (Read Full Article)
   

   1 Comment Mentions:   Rajesh Jain

5. Ipl's big money spinners are on the block

   Welcome to Televisionpoint.com (Nov 11 2008) Explore Article

   ... given the response to the whole thing," Srinivasan said. When contacted, KPMG executive director Rajesh Jain refused to put a valuation for any IPL team. But he said value estimates for a team would be done s... (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Board of Control for Cricket   Future Group   ICICI Bank

6. ValueFirst Enters Direct To Consumer Business Via SpotOn Media; What Of MocoLife Keywords?

   MediaNama.com (Nov 6 2008) Mobile Explore Article

   Enterprise Mobility company ValueFirst (VFirst), a part of Rajesh Jain’s Emergic Ecosystem, has entered into the direct-to-consumer business via its subsidiary SpotOn M... (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Rajesh Jain   Nikhil Pahwa   Info Edge India

7. MyToday Launches Breaking News Updates; Whose Content Is It Anyway?

   MediaNama.com (Oct 22 2008) Mobile Explore Article

   Rajesh Jain’s MyToday, better known for its editorialised push SMS services, has launched a series of WAP bas... (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Rediff   Network18   July Systems

8. Weekly WrapUp (13-17 October)

   MediaNama.com (Oct 19 2008) Explore Article

   ... FinancialExpress & Sulekha For Mitr App – Netcore Revenues Lower Than Expected, Costs Same, Says Rajesh Jain; Thoughts On Advertising – Web18 Integrates Buzz18 And StoreGuru Into In.com; From Verticals To A... (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Ixigo   Web18   Sulekha

9. Apurva Kumar Quits Naukri To Join ValueFirst As COO

   MediaNama.com (Oct 17 2008) Mobile Explore Article

   ... (MyToday), which sends our over 10 million SMS’ per day; ValueFirst is also a part of Netcore MD Rajesh Jain’s Emergic Ecosystem. Calls to Rajesh Jain were also left unanswered. We had heard about ValueFirst being in talks for a round of VC funding, ... (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Netcore Solutions   Apurva Kumar   Rajesh Jain

10. Netcore Revenues Lower Than Expected, Costs Same, Says Rajesh Jain; Thoughts On Advertising

    MediaNama.com (Oct 12 2008) Explore Article

    Rajesh Jain, MD of Netcore, of which Push SMS service MyToday is a part, has written that the company is facing... (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Google   Rajesh Jain

11. Teething Troubles For Google’s SMS Channels In India; Battle At The SMSC

    MediaNama.com (Oct 5 2008) Explore Article

    ...€™s no point if you’re getting the alert a day late, or not at all. Does MyToday Feel Threatened? Rajesh Jain, MD of Netcore (MyToday) doesn’t think so. He tells WATBlog: “When one is first in a market, th... (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Google   Nielsen   Rajesh Jain

12. Google Gets Into The Push SMS Business In India, Takes On MyToday, SMS Gupshup

    MediaNama.com (Oct 1 2008) Explore Article

    ...? MyToday and SMS GupShup have tried to monetize the service with advertising. Netcore (MyToday) MD Rajesh Jain, in particular, has been evangelizing mobile marketing quite aggressively over the past couple of m... (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Google   Rajesh Jain

13. Digital is the way for magazines; ride the mobile growth to reach TG

    :::exchange4media::: (Sep 23 2008) Mobile Explore Article

    ... Mumbai on September 22-23. Meanwhile, delivering the keynote on ‘Mobile Platform’, Netcore’s Rajesh Jain pointed out that SMS would be for mobile what search was for the Internet. (Read Full Article)
    

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14. Consumer Segments & Content; Ad-Funding vs Ad-Subsidized

    MediaNama.com (Sep 3 2008) Mobile Explore Article

    ...umer Segments In the session on Enterprise Mobility, responding to a question on consumer services, Rajesh Jain, MD of MyToday said that there will be multimodal access on the mobile channel, and companies need ... (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   IMI Mobile   ICICI Bank   Rajesh Jain

15. Indian Media Face A 'c' Change

    Little India (Jun 14 2008) Explore Article

    ...e a lot of investment from various sources - private equity, venture capitalists, the public," says Rajesh Jain, director of information, communications and entertainment for KPMG India. "As we move toward a bra... (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Web18   Network18   Reliance Industries Limited

16. India's Entertainment Industry Faces a 'C' Change: Consolidation ...

    MyNews.in (May 6 2008) Explore Article

    ... a lot of investment from various sources -- private equity, venture capitalists, the public," says Rajesh Jain, director of information, communications and entertainment for KPMG India. "As we move toward a bra... (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Web18   Network18   Yash Chopra

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